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When a mild, small shingles outbreak (8-10 square inches) is preceded by a few days of numbness that covers the affected area, what are the expectations for normal feeling to return after the shingles lesions have run their course?

One reference refers to long term pain, but not to post-blister numbness.

This reference also mentions numbness as a pre-blister symptom.

There is a lot on the net about shingles, but the post-blister recovery information focuses on pain rather than numbness. Given a choice, most people would rather numbness than pain, but given the mechanism of infection by herpes zoster, I am curious about reasonable expectations for nerves returning to normal function.

How long should one expect the numbness to last?

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  • Very well. I have been looking, and will look again and create a bibliography of resources which did not answer the question. Feel free to close this question. – cmm Jun 23 '20 at 14:41
  • A single link to what you've read so far would have sufficed, or even just telling us what you've searched for. You'll find that most of the science and academic sites have the same prior research requirement we do. The purpose is to prevent trivial, low-quality "gimme the codez" questions. – Carey Gregory♦ Jun 23 '20 at 14:44
  • Not a bibliography, but two references in which I did not find an answer. I've looked further, but there may be a simple search I've overlooked. IMO, anecdotal information is ok as an answer. – cmm Jun 24 '20 at 22:01
  • Your edits are perfectly fine. We don't need a bibliography, just some evidence you actually spent some time on the question. We'll see what answers you get but anecdotal answers aren't ok per site rules. – Carey Gregory♦ Jun 24 '20 at 23:28

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